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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-09-16
NEW THIS WEEK.
RIPE PLUNsS FOR SALE

DY J. II. ROBINSON, oNE-HALF MILE
- east of Grangeyille, in quantities 10 suit
ne purchaser 1i-l7.
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MARRIED..

IEBoLD-KERLEE.-A the residence of f..
B kerlee Esq. in Grangeville precinct
September 18th 1857. by Rev. Thomas Nell
son. Mr. Jake Riebold To Miss Sophronla
kerlee.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-09-16
TAKE NOTICE.

A IL PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES
N indebted to Wood & Roberts must settle NJ
once or the accounts will be left with an attor
ney for collection.
Grangeville /. 4. WOOD & ROBERTS.
July 18th 1887. 5tf
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n OIICE FOK PKE-EMPIIUN PROOF.
Conrad Gebhart, u. S. 30J0.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON, IDAHo.l
September 3th 1887
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler h as filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim, and
thet said proof will be made before Fred 4.
Luc Clerk District Court, LIST Judici4l District
Idaho Territory ut his office at Mt. Idaho l. T.,
on October Goth 1857, viz.
CONRAD GEBIIART. d. s. 3o50.
For the swl sec 81, tip 81, r, w b IN.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of. said land viz:
Christian Waldman Julius Delsol, John Weis
and Augustine o. Johnson, all of Cottonwood
4. o. Idaho.
1919 FRANCIS F. PATTERsoH, Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-09-16
NOTICE FOR PRE-EMp1IoN PROOF.

NJ O1ioE fOh rhE-EM MI liot> rhOOr'
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON IDAHO,
August Is, 1887.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof in support of her claim and
that said proof will be made before Fred L Lucas
Clerk District Court LIST Judicial District Idaho
Territory, at his office at Mt. Idaho, /. T., on
September "a, 1887, viz:
NAOMI L. KERLEE, D. s.,
For the swl4 sea, Is, tip 81 n, r e b. m
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
William W. Stillwell, Washington L. Costley
James Upton, Jennie Upton, all of Grange
vile =. o., |. r.
1915. FRANCIS F. PATTERSON, Register
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NOTICE FOR PRE-EMPIION PROOF
Wellington Langdon, D. s., Pip.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON, IpAHo,l
July 10th, lSS7.i
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made at this office.
October LIST 1887, viz:
WELLINGTON LANGDON. D. S. 2712.
For the VIZ sea sec Is and nl2 nel4 sec %, tip
3d. r 4 b IN.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of said land viz:
John Malloy, Adam Roth William Rears and
William Read. all OF Pierce City, Shoshone Co.,
|. 4. I'D
1915. FRANCIS T. PATTERSON Register.
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NEW THIS WEEK

DEDEMPTION OF COUNT WARRANTS.
Notice is hereby given that the following
County Warrants will ba paid on presentation
of the same to the County Treasurer. at his
office Mt Mt. Idaho, l. r. and that interest on
said Warrants ceases after this date, to wit:
on GENERAL FUND, Series of 1850: Nos. 81, 70
and 81.
Oh CURRENT EXPENSE FUND, Series of 1856:
Nos. III. lt5 and liG.
JOHN TOWER,
Mt. Idaho, l. T., County Treasurer
Sept T. 1887 Idaho County, l. T.
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TOTICE FOR PRE-EMPTIoN PROOF.

NOTICE FOR PRE-EMPTION PROOF.
Henry H. McMillin, d. S. 3l07.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON IDAHol
August 9th 1SS7S
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Fred L.
Lucas, Clerk U. s. District Court, First Judicial
District Idaho Territory, at his office at Mt.
Idaho l. T., on September 18th 1887 viz:
HENRY II. McMILLIN, D. S. 3l07
For the sell sec 9, tip 81, r, W, m.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continu ous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz
Rufus f. Eller, Richard Cooper, Harvey W.
left and Fred Rogge, all of Cottonwood p. o.,
Idaho Territory
GA. FRANCIS F. PATTERSON, Register.
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at Baden Baden and set rite along side Of

at Baden Baden and set rite along side OF
him on the porch and watched the prone
nadcrs IN the park lie j. gettin purity
old now and shaky on his pins, but he is
as dcmcrcrattic as ever. and mixes with
the people q good deel more than our
presidents do. The mite ! sot by him DE
had fore OFT five trends with him, and they
was tai.in and latin good deal Ike
l0f Of c0r-l.-.meu. only not quite so Fo-
-Iar0u- J. done mc proud 20 see the
0nly American crown -ettin SIGH au egs-
ample to hi- teller crown. in Europ and
/ thought when the good old man come To-
the end of hI- earthly ierney, and DIS soui
was reldy tO go on. that the American
EAGLE would Dee the iitun messenger TO
carry 10 aloff to the CRATE city of the free
and equal beyond the skies
aiut been ahIatin mulch with minis
tors. cOun-ul- and other American oll-
shals 90 furriu parts. because have got
all want of that 40 home. and ] come
over here for a change. but I'm sorry /
didn't call on the new counsel ar Keel,
which Is Just acrOst the line from Strass-
burg I'm shore he is q man after my stile
rite through. fer when tried 20 cit chaw
Of long green a Strassburger told me
ought 10 hunt up the American CONSUL at
Keel. fer every time he come 20 town his
friends could track him through the
streets by the tcrbacker spit he left on the
pavements He's the man ] ought 10 seen,
fer I've been chawin bad segars. pine
sticks and mild perfanity ever sence ]
landed on this furrIn sile. a statesman
has a good deal 20 indure no home, but IL
amt nothn compared 20 some of the pri-
yations he has 20 undergo here, and itu
be wuss when git back 20 England,
Whar tho weeds newer chawed,
Under FASHIONS hard yoak,
But IFS Juices air wasted
ln fire and smoak
showed these few lines 10 Mandy, and
She says ef my terbacker is hat as bad as
my poetry. ] hav her hartfclt sympathy
Between you and me- Mr. Eiter. my
wife don't know nothin about the ronso.n-
ton of terhackcr. and NOT much more
about poetry. but this aint fer puhlca-
ton. lore- truly. Vs. @. WAXEN
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about ODD -alilo. whereas everybody hne"
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direct lu tHu the 0.d gentleman ioId u-
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going
rae o.l uW lch hch ihDl upon ih'
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raised m0r.oom potatoes ani oal'Ie--n".
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statistics. .Ha ehc WASH -'I"- i'
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The klamath Indians Trade.

The klamath Indians have built up a
carrying trade along the
Pacific coast. In their large canoes,
hewn out Of the solid trunks Of immense
trees, they carry dairy and farm products
for the settlers and return with groceries
and other supplies. New York sun.
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a III p N % Ai Isl
built upon the bank of Lake Mendoza,
surrounded by four acres Of ground,
finely furnished and having "a library
which looks out upon the water. Villas IS
"a booki.h man. He has 1000 volumes IN
his Madison library. and only about one
fourth of these are law books. His library
is made up of the library proper and a
workshop in little room 40 the side OF De-.
Villas can look out upon The water AS he
writes his briefs. and the chances are that
when he Il. through be viii go down and
take a row upon the lake lie is fond or
muscular sports. and has an ice boat with
which he skins about tine lake DO winter.
lie likes TO pitch quoits, play ball ana ride
horseback lie is "a great walker ana
there is not street i'm Washington that
his patent feathers have not rodden lie
takes "a bosom friend with him on these
tramps. and they often walk five OF SIX
miles al stretch His frame is well
tOughened. and be has more good hard
muscle 10 the square inch than any man
in the cabinet. lie likes a good horse ana
drives one when he is in Madison. FOR
fifteen years he lived on farm Withln q
few miles OF the town and drove ia and
out every morning
Villas is a good talker Tie is full OF
army stories, and his experience as law
yer and n statesman has been SO extensive
that he has "A fund Of anecdote. lie likes
the good things Of this life and likes TO
have his friends dine with him. lie Is mol
shall fellow well met with every one
but with his intimate friends there Is
none more companionable. He IS well
read and keeps up with the current htera'
ture of the day. lie reads the French
and German, and his two favorite novel
ists are George Eliot and Charles Dickens
he IS fond Of the classics, and when ht
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and Judge Bryant, hts old law partner,


his desk at between . and 9lj a m. and
rapidly goes over his mail The postmas-
ter general gets several hundred letters
daily. bat bis stenographer and chief
clerk run through these first. and he is
handed only those which 10 is necessary
for him tu see. lie chances over them and
dictates answers 90 them rapidly, and
when they are finished begins his morning
papers. There are many which require
his signature and he writes his name at
the end of each no fine Italian hand.
By this time 10 IS II O'Clock and callers
begin 90 come lie receives these geser-
ally standing and then eats "a bite of
lunch. which is brought mp into bis Office
from the restaurant below Then the diff
ferent chiefs of division come in. and the
various knotty things in the department
are proposed 10 him. Many Of these arise
daily. and they are known among some OF
the employees as snags. Villas hears the
question no issue, directs toe policy 70 be
pursued. and the next morning looks over
the answers which are prepared for him.
He works along until O'Clock, when all
the department clerks leave and often
STAYS al his desk until Is o'clock and later.
He has been rather progressive in his
post0flice work. has reduced, 1t is claimed,
The nosfofice deficiency several million
dollars and has ENLARGED the carrier ser
Vice and the special messenger service Of
tine Department Since his administra-
ton all towns of 10000 inhabitants. and
such towns as do "a postoflice business Of
$40 600 year. have been furnished with
special delivery. A fast mail has been
nut ON from New York TO HAVANA. and a
dav has been saved between New York
and Kansas City m the time of carrying
the mails. ! don't know how Villas re-
cards the postal telegraph and postal saw
ines banks Hei- said to have improved
the po-o1ce department IN preventing
abseutee-m among Che clerks They are
locked for their absence. and hy 90 recent
calculation 10 is claimed Chat Villa. Inns
saved the department more than 1000
days. or twenty -one years, az service.
However this may DE. Dee Is certainly
orderly in DIS work and his men are kept
busy
He lives very nicely in Washington.
His house is 90 large three story brick. just
opposite bat of Mrs Admiral pahlsrcn,
l00kIu- out 80 the Thomas statue. and ON
the next block fo THAT Of Secretary Bay
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The Town Of Carpets and the Memories
II Brought to the "Jedce"-The Palace
Of Justice and the Capitol Building
The King 81 Belgium.

Wen, Mt Editor when they tuck thaI
carpet often the wagon, and brung il in
and unroaled it on the hOar, and
stood by and looked at its
big red flowers on blue ground
with green vines train between, ]
thought had never saw ennythng half
30 purity i'm an my born days and when
mother said 10 was Brussels carpet
wondered and wondered what Kind of
man Mr. Brussels must Doe % make seich
nice carpets When ! got little older l
found ont Brussels was q big city away
of e0meXhar J didn't knO just whar.
and later on. with yers come Biography
and ln0llidgc but in the keer- Of state
and matrimouy. and so l0arth ] had for
got ail about my mother fust Brussels
crpet. tell tine day we landed here. and
then aIl come back and thar wasent OBJ
iccs ol atIactfion in the whole town haf
to mo what that memery was and Tide
ruther saw width of chat carpet with
my mother hoIln mp one end of it and
milu AN over like She did that cfenIn
ihan tO have SAW al thc tapestry. and
velvet, and pntins and gold and Jewels
u Belgium and omel Them besides.
In acNriguf- with mF plan t0 visit all
tac capitals of Erop as fer as possible. J
come to tl'. place after comIic.ln ml
investigation. iu ihr iand OBJ eih iii.i.7 ""u
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y ORR. Nov 3
OERlBI.I. wealth
er.isutlt Ncs,
30 is 20 little dis
agreeable but it's
very unusual $50
always have good
weather here ~
this season
such. and I'm nj
most the Identical
words is the con
Vcr.ltion j have
heard in every
part Of Che United
States, from Penn
b.na 20 the Gulf
and from New
Haven 90 Astoria
II there are any
two things JIM
which the citizens
OF the average
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GOSSIP ABOUT Villas.
HOW THE HEAD OF AL OUR POST
MASTERS LIVES AND WORKS.
His business Abilities and His Fortune
In Cogebic Iron-Vilas - Lawyer.
ri. Home Life-Eminsnt Public Men
Who Have Becomc Insane.
lsp.rIal Concordance

ri. Home Life-Eminent Public Men
Who Have Become Insane.
Special Corrsr 1ndence.
WAsHNGroS. Nov. 81 understand
thnt Postmaster General Villas has made
"a fortune ont of the G0geb.c iron region.
lie OWNS % large amount of land boo the
very best part OF it and hc bought this
some time before the finds of iron were
made
Gen. Villas is one of the money making
statesmen of this country he has as
natural a gift for the accumulation Of the
almighty dollar as has John Sherman. and
his friends say that had he devoted him
self TO business instead of law he would
already be many times a millionaire lie
comes by his money making faculty hon
| estly His paternal grandfather, Moses
| Villas. owned an 500 acre farm in Yer
mont and left n fortune when he died,
and his maternal grandfather, Nathan
| Smiley. was the Ben Franklin Of his sec
/ ton. He was sharp, shrewd and full of
wise savings and the democrats ran him
/ so often for governor of Vermont that.
/ though he was never elected, he came 90
/ be known as Governor Smiley Tie made
"a fortune out Of his sagacity. and Villas
! father was in good circumstance when he
went 10 Wisconsin
William +. Villas himself received
| something of "a start from his father. and
/ his natural ability allied To- his Yankee
| tendencies have taught him t0 invest the
/ biz fees he has made TIE h1s for years
/ been one of The best lawyers of the north
I t..4f and for some time has devoted him
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lone D .fWt The urcs' You 90 10
bel under three or four blankets,
and next day are only too happy
TO stand by q roaring stove and take
something hot' The climate is "Drac-
ing enough-no doubt Of that-but II
certainly Is not regular"
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ol lne i''''
Mi-coh-iii. .l'' i',
has ahuol a"
one of Dos li
prene court zee
ports lie likes d"
practice ana one
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So called Moorish style Of architecture
is fast growing in favor III Town anu
country.
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THE CLIMATE CRANK.
.,rs SIDE REMARKS ON FIRE DE-
PAYMENTS.

q, AMONG I,ou-abio Human weak.
$1,000. fo Ton Tam Stories About tho
... weather and the Uncrcollcd Fire
,,n of our own Town.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-05-06
The struggle For News.

The struggle between the San
Francisco papers for the supremacy
of the telegraph service has re-
suited in the Call making contracts
with Eastern papers for the follow.
ing exclusive news:
New York Sun; exclusive copy
right cables.
New York Tribune, exclusive
copyright cables.
New York Evening Post; exclu-
siye copyright cables.
Special letter from London.
The full reports of the California
Associated Press.
The full news reports of its spe-
cial bureaus at New York, Chi
cago, Washington, New Orleans,
Louisville, Omaha, Kansas City
and Denver.
The full day and night reports of
the New York Associated Press
and Western Associated Press.
These combined reports average
1850 words daily, costing $4,000
a month.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-05-06
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Frank Daniels was badly cored
by a bull or Whites Holstein ranch
near La Reyeiiie, Sonoma county,
Tuesday.
James Williamson, a resident
Of San Francisco, while drinking,
attempted suicide at Santa Rosa on
Monday night.
The carpenters at Santa Bar
bara are on strike fer nine hours.
The contractors refuse to pay for a
full days work for nine hours.
The schooner Active, hereto
fore reported several times as hav-
ing been lost, with all hands, has
been heard from off Queen Char
Lofts Island.
Callahan, who called a neigh
Dor to his door at San Bernardino
and then shot him down, has been
convicted of murder and will have
a life sentence.
The last spike in the California
Central Line between Los Angeles
and San BernardIno was driven at
noon Tuesday at Aqua. 1t will be
a week or more before regular trains
are run, as there are no depets,
agents, or sufficient rolling stock.
Tuesday at Portland Or, trio
of burglars, John Kelly, Edward
Wilson and Thomas Ruthford, re-
celved sentences for grand larceny
and burglary. Ten days ago they
committed a robbery. Monday
they were arrested pleaded guilty
and were sentenced.
The son Of A. Shives of Santa
Barbara, aged about twelve years,
while playing near where some
men had been blasting rock, last
Monday, got hold of some giant
powder. and setting fire to it, piece
of iron struck him In the eye,
knocking his eye out, and lodging
in his brain.
"A Lewiston, Idaho dispatch
says; Mrs. A. d. Kinney died
at her residence a few
miles from Cottonwood. 1t is re-
ported that a physician administer
ed, by mistake, strychnine, instead
of ipecac, to produce vomiting.
When discovered it was too late to
counterfeit the poison. Her hus-
band had just gone to the mines for
the season.
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Pete olsen

CHICO, May 3.-It has been re-
ported here that a man answering
"Pete" Olsen description was bur-
led at the Hoepa Reservation late
ly. The man claimed to be from
Trinity county. He was in fam
ished condition.. andiravenously de-
voured a meal which was given
to him, but expired short time af-
terward. From marks and his gen.
eral description he Is supposed to
have been Olsen, the Napa muir
derer.